After last year’s appearance drew a bit of controversy, Gervais said he would turn down the opportunity to host for a third time, but obviously that’s not the case as the HFPA announced the news we were all honestly just waiting for confirmation on after reports last week that Gervais, Douglas Vaughn, senior vp specials at NBC, and HFPA president Aida Takla-O’Reilly sat down to chat and rumors that an official offer was made at that time. In a curious twist, the HFPA wasn’t above noting how their entire organization was not altogether happy about the decision saying:
Now the question is who will Gervais target this year? Last year you had Mel Gibson, The Tourist and Tim Allen. I’m sure Lindsay Lohan will find her way into the mix, but will Gervais head hunt for Brett Ratner after his latest Oscar debacle? Who else will be in his sights? While tweeting the image above Gervais included in the comment, “Just told Billy Crystal he’d better not use any of my holocaust or pedophile material at The Oscars. He agreed (true).” Should be an interesting show… The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards will be held on Sunday, January 15, 2012 and just like last year I will be here with a live blog and winners as always. If you’ve never tuned in for that, just click here to check out last year’s coverage when Gervais stole the show. Show Comments |
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